﻿APPENDIX. 
  365 
  

  

  grades 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  treated 
  of 
  in 
  the 
  chapter 
  on 
  

   Land 
  Titles, 
  page 
  117: 
  — 
  

  

  ''First. 
  — 
  Lands 
  granted 
  hy 
  the 
  British 
  Government, 
  

   and 
  not 
  abandoned 
  by 
  the 
  proprietors 
  or 
  their 
  represent- 
  

   atives, 
  either 
  by 
  purchase 
  or 
  power 
  of 
  attorney, 
  and 
  

   have 
  been 
  cultivated. 
  Such 
  titles 
  we 
  repute 
  the 
  best 
  

   of 
  all. 
  

  

  "/Second. 
  — 
  Land 
  granted 
  by 
  Mandamus 
  by 
  British 
  

   Government, 
  without 
  condition 
  of 
  occupancy 
  or 
  improve- 
  

   ment, 
  but 
  which 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   prietors 
  or 
  their 
  agents. 
  

  

  ''Third. 
  — 
  British 
  letters 
  patent 
  of 
  lands 
  from 
  provincial 
  

   governors, 
  containing 
  a 
  condition 
  of 
  certain 
  improvements 
  

   within 
  three 
  years, 
  to 
  be 
  forfeited 
  by 
  non-performance, 
  

   and 
  which 
  lands 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  occupied 
  by 
  their 
  pro- 
  

   prietors 
  or 
  agents. 
  

  

  "Fourth. 
  — 
  The 
  last 
  description 
  of 
  lands 
  once 
  occupied, 
  

   but 
  afterwards 
  abandoned 
  for 
  many 
  years 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  

   time. 
  

  

  "Fifth. 
  — 
  Spanish 
  grants 
  by 
  letters 
  patent 
  on 
  Mandamus, 
  

   lands, 
  

  

  "Sixth. 
  — 
  Spanish 
  grants, 
  or 
  lands 
  formerly 
  granted 
  by 
  

   British 
  governors, 
  but 
  never 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  British 
  

   patentees, 
  not 
  residing 
  in 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  "Seventh. 
  — 
  The 
  last 
  description, 
  with 
  this 
  difference, 
  

   that 
  the 
  patentee, 
  although 
  he 
  never 
  occupied 
  or 
  im- 
  

   proved 
  his 
  land, 
  was 
  a 
  resident 
  in 
  another 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   colony, 
  who, 
  upon 
  resisting 
  this 
  nev/ 
  grant 
  of 
  his 
  lands, 
  

   by 
  petition 
  to 
  the 
  Spanish 
  governor, 
  has 
  been 
  rejected 
  

   upon 
  the 
  principle 
  of 
  non-occupancy 
  and 
  want 
  of 
  im- 
  

   provement, 
  agreeably 
  to 
  the 
  conditions 
  of 
  his 
  British 
  

   grant, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  reiterated 
  Spanish 
  proclamations 
  to 
  the 
  

   same 
  effect. 
  

  

  